(CAN YAMAN, 33, HE/HIM) We have been waiting for a while, but SILAS BOLAT was finally spotted in the village today. People heard whispers that they are a FAMILIAR that is hellbent on destroying the veils. Will they succeed? Only time can tell. Until then we will keep a close eye on them as they listen to THE BOXER BY JERRY DOUGLAS AND PAUL SIMON
Devil’s In The Details
Name: Silas Emre Bolat Age: 33 Birthday: October 24th, 1987 Height: 6′4″ Hair: Black Eyes: Dark Brown Familiar Form: Falcon Bonded Witch: None Occupation: Boxer Hometown: London, England Gender: Cismale Sexuality: Bisexual Relationship Status: Single Children: None
History In The Making
Silas was born into the very proud and very traditional Bolat family. For generations his family had served an ancient coven in London, England. They were very strict and traditional and rules dictated everything in their lives. Yet, they were proud of their pure and strong familiar bloodline and their service of the coven. Yet, Silas never felt like he fit in.
Rules dictated everything, the entire existence of the Bolat’s and the past generations was to serve the coven. The rules dictated everything though. One son each generation was picked to marry, but it was limited to only approved witches, other familiars or humans to make sure that more Bolat familiars were born. The rest of the children were assigned witches from the coven to bond with and serve, it was almost like an arranged marriage. You did not interact with the outside society if it could be avoided, because why would you when the coven and the other familiar families serving the coven were all you needed?
Silas hated it all, he hated the bullshit that his family believed in that their life only amounted up to serving another. He hated how the coven treated his family and all the other familiar families serving them. The witches saw them as no better than pets or servants and were treated like second class beings in almost every way. Yet, for many years he had been the dutiful son and did everything his family wanted him to do and he slowly was suffocated by the traditions and saw no hopes of escape. They were all almost in a cult-like situation.
He even almost bonded with the witch that was picked out for him. Yet, he couldn’t go through with it, he couldn’t give his life over to the witch with no hope of anything he wanted from life. He left the night before the ceremony that he would bond with the witch. Silas left with one bag on his pack, took money from his family, and only left them a short note explaining why he couldn’t stay. That was 10 years ago and he hasn’t seen or heard from his family since then.
That night, he took a train out of London and headed north. He eventually ended up in Scotland and took to petty thieving to survive. But then one day he came across a local boxing gym. The owner saw something in the tall man, and though he wasn’t as muscular as he is now, the owner still saw the promise in Silas. He started to train Silas and he got into the local boxing world. Silas discovered that he loved the sport, he had so much anger built up from his meaningless and restrictive life before.
Silas stayed in Scotland for three years fighting and making a name for himself. But then he decided that he wanted to continue traveling, to satisfying that wanderlust desire that burned deep in him coming from years of being denied any freedom. Silas started traveling in Europe then and took up in the local fighting community each time he moved before starting to travel the world. He’d make money to sustain himself and his travels each time he moved, taking part in both the legal and underground fighting rings.
He soon discovered this was the life for him, he was able to live with his freedom as he took on a vagabond and wanderlust lifestyle amongst nature and people, while taking out the anger in violent ways that he had bottled up for most of his life. He eventually heard about Wildemount from someone he met while in Brazil. Silas decided it was eventually time to come home, even if he still is avoiding London and his family. He’ll see what Wildemount has to offer him before the bug to travel gets him again.
